Building Bornfree Bornfree Building

The Bornfree needs a permanent shelter and art studios to create a culture of liberation of toiling children. We
want to raise a Langar where children can walk in to have free food, which will lead them to the Bornfree Art School.

The Architectural Style

The Mungloo is a house of mud. When you build a house out of ice, it is called Igloo.When you build out of Munn{mud in south Indian language}, it is called Mungloo.
This is the archetectural style for Building
the Bornfree Art School. It is based
on the Anthill construction by the diminutive Ants. Once long ago, I saw in a mud
Architecture exhibition; this story of an African Savanah architect who was leaving for Europe to do
his Masters in Architecture.As he was going to the Airport by a bus and when they were to cross a bridge, there was a flash flood. The waters rose high and the
steel girder bridge was washed away and down under in less than 4 hours. The waters receded and the bridge was gone.
But right in the middle of the river on an island stood firm an anthill.This was my introduction to Mud structures and the strength of
the material. Best known to humankind. widely practised in the world. The oldest structure is in Morocco, over 500 years old.

Anthill ArchitectureThe Anthill Architecture follows the principle of the earth
out of the womb like the birth of a newborn and heap it out. It is an avant-garde architecture. The Ants are bringing in the particles of earth and
mix it with formic acid that they manufacture and heap it up in a instinctly
coordinated effort.

They did not alter the existing material or composition of
the earth. They only rearranged it in a natural
organic way. There is no leader among the ants. The Anthem of the ants is to
follow its natural behaviour. Each knows exactly
where to put the particle. With thousands of ant kar sevaks participating the
Anthill crater rising fast. The ants are encoded and embedded with the natural
science of building nesting and resting places.It is deep inside and a genetic code. It is only man who has
to have a plan before building……but an ant will let you photographs its workof Art after construction. So I say…The Anthem of the ants Nothing to beat and bang. Do your thing and you’ll
always swing

The Community. When all the these individual cells come together and formed
into UNITY. Here is the Community space.

Anthill BuildingThe Anthill building follows the same principle for building.
The earth particles are taken out of the
earth and heaped up! It is 18 feet diameter and 3feet deep. With a 3 wide feet platform inset a 24 diameter foundation
pit is dug. It is filled with rubble and finished with size stone masonry one foot above the ground level.Only when you cut
freely, growing tree will a
straight line be formed.The
excavated earth is tested for gravel and soil content and composition. Proportionate cement is mixed into a semi dry mix with water. It is
then rammed to make bricks for building.
Curing the Adobes for a week and is ready for construction.Only when you find harmony with nature, build along with nature and reflect the spiritual elements
of nature in it. Then you create a natural h ome.

The anthill structure has four levels. The below the ground level, 18feet diameter with a clear area of 255sft. A second level
three feet wide platform area of 198sft. Third levelfirst flooris 453 sft and the study attic the fourth space at height 16feet ; 113 sft, WC:154, bath at first floor 154, Kitchen315sft, study at first floor 315. A total built area is 1957 sft.

View to the sky from beneath

The processes of building is based on voluntarism. In India, it is called Kar Seva, do service. People can contribute material, money skills and labour, carved from the earth. It is a celebration and a feast of building. Growing and enjoy a home. of 1957 sft. Well suited for 6 persons’ comfortable living per home.

You
can give a permanent shelter for
a Bornfree kid and supportthe
liberation of working children of India. We
hope to raise a thousand Rupees from 5000 well-wishers. You can be the first one and pass on this
invitation to ten
of your friends and motivate them to Give. Give a gift this
season of giving. Give a gift of a home
for the New Year 2013. Details more